Pot Pies

So I had a large amount of chicken stew leftover.  What do you do with leftover stew that was already made of leftovers in the first place?  Because the stew was made with a leftover chicken carcass, freezer burned chicken, and some veggies that were about to have to be tossed.  I know, that sounds pretty gross, but let me tell ya it was some kick ass stew!

The only thing I could think of to liven it up, since I don't think either of us wanted more stew, was to make it into individual pot pies and freeze it.  They actually only stayed in the freezer for one day before I ended up tossing them in the oven, but hey - it's the thought that counts, right?

 I assembled everything I was going to need first.

Then I added water to the stew and brought it to a rapid boil for 20 minutes to pasteurize it, just in case.  It had been in the fridge for about a week, and I didn't want anyone to get sick from my cooking.  

After the stew had boiled for 20 minutes, I browned some flour in butter, then drained the broth into the skillet to make a gravy.  

mmmm gravy!

Added the solids, and let it thicken up.

I want to know how in the hell people actually get a circle from their flour.  I mean really, is there a secret?  Because mine never was a dang circle unless I trimmed it after I rolled it out.

 About two ladles full = a full pie.

A few pricks with a fork to let steam vent out when I baked them, and viola!  Pot pies :-)

The recipe for crust that I used was a basic pastry crust.  2 cups of sifted flour and 2/3 c of shortening.  But, I didn't use shortening.  I used butter.  I guess I should get shortening for baking purposes, since it's cheaper than butter, but butter just tastes SO much better!  I forgot the salt.  Next time, I'll remember to add salt to it when I sift the flour.

Rocky Horror Picture Show = Fail but Fun

My friend and I were given free tickets to see a performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show (my friend's friend was playing Magenta).  So we got all decked out in RHPS style, and went in search of the fun.

We never found the place where they were performing, but we had a lot of fun getting all decked out.  I particularly enjoyed playing with ridiculous makeup!

She went for school-girl roleplay, and I went more for a Columbia inspired look.  She wore red and gold, but I like purple and black better :- P